"I have got a personal connection. I think so many of us do have a personal connection and we recognize just really the horrific progression of that."
"It is rough."
"I would appreciate a commitment to working with NINDS to develop and sponsor programs to measure ALS progression using alternative methods."
"If confirmed as NIH Director, I will work closely with you and with IC Directors to implement approaches that enable us to fund as many scientists as we can."
"Newer technologies will bring us closer much faster."
"I think this is something we all need to be working on."
"I have been a co-sponsor of Senator Bennet's resolution that clarifies and affirms that the United States' trust responsibility is to ensure water access."
"I don't think anybody feels like we need to have another study to know that we have a very extensive list when it comes to O&M needs."
"This is an issue we probably want to come back to and have a discussion with the Assistant Secretary as well."
"We are all watching what is happening with higher prices of oil and what that means for fuel costs."
"We can either fund another study or we can make an investment to protect our babies and to keep them in communities, our communities, where we belong."